Gilmer Lee Pickens
Nov 22, 2015
GILMER LEE PICKENS A celebration of life for lifelong Mancos resident Gilmer Lee Pickens will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Following the celebration Gilmer's favorite pies and coffee will be shared. Gilmer was born January 23, 1941 in Mancos the son of Charles Nolan and Grace Marie (Gibbs) Pickens. He passed away...
Clayton Kay Johnson
Nov 21, 2015
CLAYTON JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Clayton Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 28 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Bishop Vaughn Cook will officiate. Interment will follow at Eastland Cemetery in Eastland, Utah. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at...
Phillip Lee Kraus
Nov 18, 2015
PHILLIP LEE KRAUS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Phillip Lee Kraus will be held Monday, November 23 at 2 p.m. at Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, November 22 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Phil was born June 27, 1940 in...
Gerald Fredrick Gunderson
Nov 18, 2015
GERALD FREDRICK GUNDERSON Gerald Fredrick Gunderson was born March 24, 1936 in Burley, Ida. the son of Leo Gerald and Margaret Ann McCormick Gunderson. Jerry, a Cortez resident since 1998, passed away on Wednesday, November 18 at his residence at the age of 79. Jerry married Ikuyo Moori on April 4, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. Jerry served as a member...
Jean Guthrie
Nov 17, 2015
Private services were held for lifelong Cortez resident, Jean Guthrie. Jean Guthrie was born September 11, 1936 the daughter of Edwin and Christine (Thomas) Gorman. She passed away on November 17, 2015 at her residence at the age of 79. Jean married James Henry Guthrie on March 23, 1983 in Santa Fe, N.M. She enjoyed camping, but most of all...
Maxine Jo Keck
Nov 16, 2015
A celebration of life for longtime Cortez resident, Maxine Jo Keck will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Maxine was born on September 5, 1957 in Sanford, Fla. the daughter of Eugene and Loava (Goodall) Bartholomew. She passed away on November 16, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center,...
James Steven Redman
Nov 11, 2015
James Steven Redman was born November 28, 1947 in Monticello, Ill. the son of William Wayne and Frances Josephine Martin Redman. He passed away at his residence in Mancos, Colo. on November 11, 2015 at the age of 67. James is survived by his daughter, Rene Burke and his sister, Frances Eickenberg. No local services are planned.
John Byron Fish
Nov 11, 2015
Funeral services for former area resident John Byron Fish will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Byron was born December 11, 1940 in Cortez, Colo. the son of John Charles and Julia Maye (Clawson) Fish. He passed away in Grand Junction, Colo. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015...
Samuel Paul Pennington
Nov 10, 2015
SAMUEL PAUL PENNINGTON A celebration of life for Mancos resident, Samuel Paul Pennington will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 15 at the Mancos Brewing Company. Sam was born September 19, 1978 in Wilmington, Del. the son of Paul Michael and Paula Noreen (Bowden) Pennington. He passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at...
Sandra Gayle Shutt
Nov 3, 2015
Graveside services for Sandra Gayle Shutt, 32 year Cortez resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 at Cortez Cemetery. Viewing will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, November 12 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Sandara Gayle Shutt was born February 27, 1946 in Minot, N.D. the daughter of Rolland Richard and Viona Hulda Widmeyer Reinke....
Arthur Earl Lang
Oct 31, 2015
ARTHUR EARL LANG Funeral services for Arthur Earl Lang, a lifelong resident of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4 at Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Arthur, 82, died on October 31, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Arthur was born on October 17, 1933 in Towaoc, the son of Charles Parker Lang...
Leetta Irene Reed
Oct 30, 2015
LEETTA IRENE REED Funeral services for LeEtta Irene Reed, a lifelong resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. LeEtta, 75, died on October 30, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center, Durango. LeEtta was born on April 24, 1940 in...
Irma Donetta Weed
Oct 27, 2015
Graveside Inurnment Service for lifelong Dove Creek resident, Irma Donetta Weed, will be held Thursday, November 5 at 10 a.m. at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Mark Coffey will officiate. Donetta, 85, died on October 27, 2015 at Vista Grande Inn, Cortez. Irma Donetta Nelson made her grand appearance to Luther and Gladys Nelson on January 21, 1930 in Denver, Colo....
Lora Joann Sanchez
Oct 26, 2015
Funeral service for Lora Joann Sanchez, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jeff McDonell will officiate. Viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday evening at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lora Joann Sanchez was born April 18,...
Dr. Howard Ray Beard
Oct 26, 2015
Graveside services for 20 year Cortez resident, Dr. Howard R. Beard, will be scheduled at Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Kan. Dr. Howard R. Beard died October 26, 2015 at Vista Grande Nursing Home. Dr. Beard was a chiropractic physician practicing in Topeka, Kan. for 17 years. At the end of that time; at the age of 47 years he sold his...
Dani Elaine Miller Green
Oct 24, 2015
Dani Elaine Miller Green, of Cortez, was born on June 19, 1968 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Walter and Marion Doty Henke. Dani passed away in Cortez at the age of 47. Cremation has been requested with no local services planned at this time.
James Jesse Bernack
Oct 20, 2015
James Jesse "Jim" Bernack was born April 17, 1946 in Billings, Mont. the son of Frank John and Elsie Pauline (Baesler) Bernack. He passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at his Cortez residence at the age of 69. On December 7, 1987, Jim married Judy Maxine Coureton in Cortez. Jim served for two years in the United States Army,...
Willie Ann (Carver) Leonard
Oct 17, 2015
Graveside services for long-time Cortez resident, Willie Ann (Carver) Leonard, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24 at Cortez Cemetery. Willie, 98, passed away Saturday, October 17 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, Washington. She was born in Esbon, Kansas, on April 18, 1917, to Andrew Jefferson and Florence Elizabeth (Cox) Carver. Willie moved to southwestern Colorado...
Esther Draper
Oct 17, 2015
ESTHER DRAPER Memorial services for Esther Draper will be held at a later date in Greeley, Colo. Esther was born June 1, 1910 in Peckham, Colo. the daughter of William and Rosetta (Odell) Carroll. She passed away on October 17, 2015 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 105. Esther Carroll married Edward W....
Michael Arron Nelson
Oct 16, 2015
Michael Arron Ellis Nelson was born to Michael Jay Nelson and Shelley Merlene Hall Hageman on June 23, 1974 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He passed away in his home in Cortez, Colorado on October 16th, 2015. Arron was preceeded in death by his Grandma Opal and Grandpa Pete Nelson, his Grandma Wanda Penrod and Uncle Gary...